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Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta When it comes to how easy it is to hack a phone and get your malware installed, Android is the WORST possible solution. no. the military will have a customised version of Android tailored specifically fo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Carniphage The pursuit of the hardcore gaming audience, by Sony and Microsoft has been an unsuccessful experiment. i would be keen to hear from several attendees of GDC 2011 in this regard.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Wiggin I think the container support only lists the format it can decode and play back internally (ie, on the iPad's own speaker). in which case, presumably, 5.1 lossy audio will be down sampled to stereo for playba…
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Quote: Originally Posted by chronster What about regular movie files? Like pirated avi files? the AVI container doesn't support HDCP-encrypted content.
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Quote: Originally Posted by chronster Will DRM play a role? HDCP is supported by the HDMI specification (versions 1.0 and above). if the media mandates the use of HDCP, then whatever is connected to the iPad 2 via HDMI will have to accept and…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mytdave Apple gave us the HDMI output we've been wanting. i'm more interested to know if multichannel audio (lossy or otherwise) will be bitstreamed across the cable for media that has 5.1 AAC audio. from the specs…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jd_in_sb ... Especially RIM who will soon deliver a competing product that will be slower, heavier, thicker, more expensive and have no apps. i wouldn't go that far into derisive commentary. here's a quick look at …
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i'm curious why Apple made the following distinction: Quote: Audio Playback - Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound pass-through with Apple Digital AV Adapter (sold separately) TV and Video - Video formats supported: H.264 video up to 720p, 30 f…
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Quote: Originally Posted by anantksundaram Not if you're not only an Apple consumer, but a shareholder too...... success of other companies is a good thing regardless of one's classification.
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Quote: Originally Posted by chronster Why don't clueless Apple fanboys understand the success of other companies is good for everyone!? this, by far, is the most sensible post i will ever see in this thread.
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Quote: Originally Posted by scotty321 Nobody ever even used the term "App" until Apple popularized it ... i strongly suspect you forgot the term killer app in the context it was used several decades ago. anyways, the real issue is the trade…
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Quote: Originally Posted by EDMStitchy Blu-Ray is dead tech, The DVD format has proved this ... this topic has been beaten to death over in an expired thread that once lived in http://forums.appleinsider.com/forumdisplay.php?f=3 suffice to say…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Shrike If Apple offers lossless audio in iTunes ... if and when that happens, i may actually begin purchasing music from iTunes.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Carniphage One or two years of modest profits will not un-do this disaster ... i don't harbour some near-pathological pessimism for a consumer electronics division so i'm unfazed as to when and by how much the compa…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Carniphage It turns out I *had* made an error with the Yen -> Dollar exchange rate. And I had one year totally wrong. I apologise for this. I have redone the figures ... yes. all i wanted was to ensure the fa…
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UI improvements are always welcome. that said, however, what i really like about Mac OS X, is shell access.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Carniphage My numbers came from Sony's financial reports. Take it up with them. i checked the sources mentioned at http://forums.appleinsider.com/showp...0&postcount=68 (which are, in fact, related to their game…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Postulant The Trim support is nice, but the shocker to me was the Recovery HD. Apparently, when you install Lion, it automatically makes a recovery partition for Recovery Mode and Disk Utilities ... This is further pro…
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Quote: Originally Posted by alienzed So what is the benefit of SSDs really? faster access to data and a reduction in power requirements are two (2) benefits over traditional block i/o hard drives.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Carniphage What? several console manufacturers sell their devices at a loss during launch and for a period of time thereafter. Quote: What fiction? What bias? http://forums.appleinsider.com/showp...3&pos…